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20 Apr 2020
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It's staggering to try to comprehend some of the economic losses currently being racked up while we try to avoid breathing on each other, all in the name of slowing the spread of coronavirus. Just this week, the International Monetary Fund said it expects world GDP to be down 3% in 2020 and the U.S. economy to contra...
20 Apr 2020
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- As coronavirus outbreaks turned city streets into ghost towns, people turned to social media to connect to the outside world. Facebook, which also owns the popular social media platform Instagram, said its services were built to withstand spikes during events like New Year's Ev...
17 Apr 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though governors in five oil-producing states asked the EPA for a refiner waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard volumes on Wednesday night, officials with three ethanol industry groups say the request has no merit. In a letter sent to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Greg Abbott of Texas; Gary Herbert...
17 Apr 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- Anticipating that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will soon provide details of an aid package to farmers, rural lawmakers and others are stressing their agendas for funding. Perdue told Fox Business News on Thursday that USDA expects to release a first phase of payments to produc...
17 Apr 2020
By Matthew WildeDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- It was judgement day last fall for waterhemp weed seeds on Paul Garrett's farm near Columbia, Missouri. Most of the weed seeds were terminated. The Seed Terminator, a weed seed destructor attached to a Case-IH 8250 combine, was merciless on waterhemp that stood amo...